Tehran, An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale struck the city of Bileh Savar in Ardabil Governorate, northwest of Iran.
The Iranian Seismological Center affiliated with the Institute of Geophysics at Tehran University stated that the earthquake occurred at dawn Wednesday, at a depth of 6 kilometers, and at the meeting of the northern latitude 39.365 and the eastern longitude 48.312 degrees.
So far, there have been no reports of damage resulting from the earthquake.
Bileh Savar is a city located 165 km north of Ardabil Governorate, northwest of Iran, on the border with Azerbaijan.
Iran lies on a geological fault line and is often exposed to earthquakes. The last major earthquake occurred in the city of Sarpol Dhahab in Kermanshah Province in 2017, killing more than 430 people and wounding 9,000 others, and causing damage to about 2,000 villages.
Source: Qatar News Agency